I've been meaning to post this, Leigh (raspberryswirl) contacted Natalie Dee about her new line of nail polish. I wasn't really surprised that she got the response she did, if you read Natalie's comics or follow her makeup blog you can probably sum up that she thinks veganism/cruelty-free is stupid. So it's technically vegan but i'd rather buy from someone who doesn't think i'm a moron.

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Hi, Leigh-

I updated the store to include a page with the ingredients:superblacklacquers.com/pages/ingredients

I don't animal test, and the facility that supplies my chemical ingredients isn't a laboratory, so they don't have the infrastructure to animal test. However, the individual MSDSs for individual ingredients almost certainly had to do some form of testing in order to compile the information required by OSHA and governmental agencies. Every ingredient in every cosmetic has to have toxicity information and information about dangers individual ingredients would have on the environment in the event of a spill or runoff from factories, and it is nearly impossible to establish those values without some form of testing. If you follow the supply chain, there is animal testing for every ingredient, even water and olive oil, although if was probably by a contracted lab that is unaffiliated with the cosmetic brand or their manufacturers, and the testing happened 20-30 years ago. So, no, I don't animal test, and neither does the company that supplies commodities for my products, but I am sure that some form of testing happened in the past 20-30 years to supply the information for the MSDS and establish that the ingredient is safe for human use.

Thanks for writing-ND

Wow. I had no idea she even made nail polish... why would she? I don't get the thought progression... "I write snarky comics for a living, but by night I make nail polish that is technically vegan, but there were traces of animal by-products in the tires used to transport me from my hospital when I was birthed 30 years ago, so I you might want to account for those. It was not a choice made directly by my manufacturers, but it was made for them by someone else down the line. There are many ways that you can't avoid animal by-products, so suck it up. Just so you know."

i just contacted pretty & polished and the owner confirmed that their polishes are cruelty-free. some of them look freaking awesome! (i was led to them by the post on the "save the dauphine" collection at chalkboardnails.com.)

Ruby Wing is owned by Color Club, I haven't tried them because I'm just not that excited about color changing polish, but it should be good quality, my Color Club polishes are nice, go on smooth and dry well without bubbling or anything.

_________________In addition to BB creams, we now have CC creams and even DD creams. Where's my ZZ cream? I need help growing a sweet beard.-amandabear

And Mode Cosmetics have confirmed their polish is cruelty free & vegan.

My only issue is that while looking for their contact details I noticed they are owned by the same company that distributes Revlon here (they also own Australis). I'm a bit torn, but I want to keep supporting Australis and now Mode, so I thought I should mention it.

I think page 1 is still up-to-date and would have been edited if any company had made major changes in regards to testing/ingredients. This thread is pretty quick to skim through or use the PPK search function to look for a particular brand :)

The only polishes I'm seeing on the list that are iffy are Claire's because I have seen some that may contain carmine (their magnetic polishes, and I was pissed because I ordered them online based on the ingredient list on the website which WAS vegan but when I got them the list on the bottle had possible carmine. Jerks.)

The other is Sinful Colors. The ingredients should still be vegan, but Sinful Colors are owned by Revlon who started selling in China where animal testing is required by law. So parent company issues. I don't know if SC is being sold in China itself, so it could be a similar situation to the OPI/Coty issue where the brand isn't tested, but money would go to a testing parent Co, or if SC is actually tested now. I try to avoid buying from companies owned by testers so I never bothered checking on SC current status once I heard Revlon was no longer cruelty free.

_________________In addition to BB creams, we now have CC creams and even DD creams. Where's my ZZ cream? I need help growing a sweet beard.-amandabear

_________________"If I were M. de la Viandeviande, I would now write a thirteen page post about how you have to have free will to be vegan, but modern science does not suggest any evidence for free will, therefore it is impossible to be vegan." -mumbles

cvs is having their semi-annual beauty sale, and most orly polishes and treatments are 50% off. they may not have a sign posted stating "50% off" but if you take the polish up to the red scanner coupon box and scan the bar code, it should show up for 50% off. here's a link to the blog where i learned about the sale: http://nouveaucheap.blogspot.com/2013/0 ... -sale.html

i picked up the orly polish in "snowcone" for $4.15, my receipt states i saved $4.15. yay!

I am a new member. I am a nail blogger and, while I am not vegan, I do have some friends who are and think that this information should be out there so that people can choose what they use wisely. A friend pointed me to this thread as a good source for vegan nail polish info. I just emailed Cirque Colors today asking about their vegan/cruelty free status and this is what they said:

Thanks for your message. Yes, our products are cruelty free however they are not vegan. Hellebore contains carmine, but that is the only one that is animal-derived. Let me know if you have any other questions!

I just bought a bunch of their polishes on sale and they are very beautiful. Just thought I would share in case anyone was thinking of buying from them. Apologies if this is somewhere in the thread already. I have only made it about 3 pages into the thread so far.